Overview
- Montreal, which won 3-2 on Wednesday in Tampa, leads the series 3-2 and can clinch at home in Friday's Game 6.
- Rookie goalie Jakub Dobes anchored the Game 5 win with 38 saves, including 12 stops in the final three minutes against an extra attacker.
- Lightning star Andrei Vasilevskiy owns a .880 save percentage through five games after allowing Alexandre Texier’s glove-side winner on Wednesday despite a Vézina nomination.
- Every game has been decided by one goal, with Montreal holding a 14-13 edge in total scoring and opening the scoring in four of five contests.
- The Bell Centre crowd has been measured as high as 113 decibels, and Tampa Bay arranged all-expenses-paid trips for select team employees to Montreal in a push to extend the series to a Game 7.